Oedipus at Colonus, Sophocles, creator; Sophocles with an English translation Vol 1. Storr, Francis, 1839-1919, editor, translator. London, New York: William Heinemann Ltd., The Macmillan Company, 1912.
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θυμῷ κατηπείλησαν, ἀλλʼ ὁ νοῦς ὅταν
660
αὑτοῦ γένηται, φροῦδα τἀπειλήματα.
κείνοις δʼ ἴσως κεἰ δείνʼ ἐπερρώσθη λέγειν
τῆς σῆς ἀγωγῆς, οἶδʼ ἐγώ, φανήσεται
μακρὸν τὸ δεῦρο πέλαγος οὐδὲ πλώσιμον.
θαρσεῖν μὲν οὖν ἔγωγε κἂν ἐμῆς ἄνευ
665
γνώμης ἐπαινῶ, Φοῖβος εἰ προὔπεμψέ σε·
ὅμως δὲ κἀμοῦ μὴ παρόντος οἶδʼ ὅτι
τοὐμὸν φυλάξει σʼ ὄνομα μὴ πάσχειν κακῶς.
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Χορός
εὐίππου, ξένε, τᾶσδε χώρας
ἵκου τὰ κράτιστα γᾶς ἔπαυλα,
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τὸν ἀργῆτα Κολωνόν, ἔνθʼ
ἁ λίγεια μινύρεται
θαμίζουσα μάλιστʼ ἀηδὼν
χλωραῖς ὑπὸ βάσσαις,
τὸν οἰνωπὸν ἔχουσα κισσὸν
675
καὶ τὰν ἄβατον θεοῦ
φυλλάδα μυριόκαρπον ἀνήλιον
ἀνήνεμόν τε πάντων
χειμώνων· ἵνʼ ὁ βακχιώτας
ἀεὶ Διόνυσος ἐμβατεύει
680
θεαῖς ἀμφιπολῶν τιθήναις.
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Χορός
θάλλει δʼ οὐρανίας ὑπʼ ἄχνας
ὁ καλλίβοτρυς κατʼ ἦμαρ ἀεὶ
νάρκισσος, μεγάλαιν θεαῖν
ἀρχαῖον στεφάνωμʼ, ὅ τε
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χρυσαυγὴς κρόκος· οὐδʼ ἄϋπνοι
κρῆναι μινύθουσιν
Κηφισοῦ νομάδες ῥεέθρων,
ἀλλʼ αἰὲν ἐπʼ ἤματι
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